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 notes or general conduct from mainland birds. I found several nests containing eggs. Both nests and eggs were similar to typical ones. No hairy caterpillars were found in these nests, though a hairy larva resembling that of the European tiger-moth (Chelonia caja) simply abounded at the time. Bell-Birds were frequently noted on Peron Peninsula in similar haunts.

Corvus, sp.? Crow.—Crows were plentiful both on Dirk Hartog and on Peron. On the island a favourite nesting-place was the trellis work on platform or even the head-gear of the various windmills. In one case the pump rod of the mill was actually working up and down through the structure of the nest. Numerous nests are built in wanyu bushes, and as many as six eggs are laid. At the Ten-mile well a flock generally passed the camp at dusk to roost in a neighbouring thicket. These were non-breeding birds One shot from the

Windmill, showing Crow's Nest on staging.

PHOTO. BY F. L. WHITLOCK. R.A.O.U.